Supply Officer

The Navy rejected an appeal by a former supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station, fired for his role in purchasing aircraft ashtrays at $659 apiece, The Times has learned. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. sent Cmdr. Jerry Fronabarger a tersely worded letter last week that said, "(The appeal) has been reviewed and no corrective action is required. Accordingly, your request is denied."

Police officers on six UC campuses carry Taser guns, but UCLA appears to be alone in expressly allowing officers to stun not only violent suspects but those who are passively resisting their orders. In interviews Tuesday, top officials at university police departments across the state stressed that officers should be given discretion when using Tasers but said they thought the weapons should be used primarily against suspects who posed a physical risk.

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger "saw red" over allegations of procurement abuses but "got the wrong person" when he fired the supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station in May for his involvement in the purchases of two $659 aircraft ashtrays, according to an appeal filed by the officer Thursday. In a 45-page appeal asking President Reagan to clear his client's name, the Navy attorney for Cmdr. Jerry L.

Southern California's office market tightened again in the first quarter as expanding companies pushed vacancy rates down and rents up, according to data released Thursday. Los Angeles County's vacancy rate fell to 11.5% from 14.1% a year ago, continuing a slide that started in early 2004, real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield reported. Average asking rents ticked up 9 cents to $2.14 per square foot per month. Orange County and the Inland Empire experienced similar shifts.

The former head of the U.S. Navy Supply Corp., Murrey Levering Royar, retired vice admiral, has died in Arlington, Va., after a brief illness. Royar was 91. During a career that spanned almost four decades, Royar commanded the Navy's two largest supply centers, in Oakland and in Norfolk, Va., and served as supply officer on several combat ships. Later, he led the Navy's Officer Business Corp. and served as Navy paymaster general.

Navy Secretary John Lehman today ordered the top officer at Miramar Naval Air Station, dismissed during the recent scandal over exorbitant prices paid for spare parts, reinstated to his post. Rear Adm. Thomas Cassidy had denied responsibility for the alleged overpayments by the Navy for items including aircraft ashtrays, socket wrenches and landing gear ground locks. Dan Greenblatt, a spokesman for U.S. Rep.

The Navy has rejected an appeal to overturn the firing of a former supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station for his role in purchasing aircraft ashtrays at $659 apiece, The Times has learned. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. sent Cmdr. Jerry Fronabarger a tersely worded letter last week that said, "(The appeal) has been reviewed and no corrective action is required. Accordingly, your request is denied."

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger "saw red" over allegations of procurement abuses but "got the wrong person" when he fired the supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station in May for his involvement in the purchases of two $659 aircraft ashtrays, according to an appeal filed by the officer Thursday. In a 45-page appeal asking President Reagan to clear his client's name, the Navy attorney for Cmdr. Jerry L.

The Navy, concluding its investigation of the purchase of $630 ashtrays custom-designed for radar surveillance airplanes, disclosed Tuesday that it will reinstate an admiral who had been relieved of his duties at Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego but will leave untouched the punishment of two lower-ranking officers. The resolution of the investigation left Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. and Adm. James D.

Officials at Miramar Naval Air Station, under investigation for improprieties including paying $1,800 for two airplane ashtrays, are purportedly "destroying letters and backdating files" that may show widespread collusion between the Navy and Grumman Corp., Rep. Jim Bates (D-San Diego) charged Monday.

The New York Police Department unveiled a new high-tech command center Thursday that would provide officers crucial data about crimes and suspects -- including convicts' nicknames and tattoos -- even before police arrived at a crime scene. The $11-million Real Time Crime Center is the first of its kind and "will transform the way we solve crime," Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said.

The drop of emergency medical supplies for a woman at the South Pole was an emotional moment for others at the science station as well. "The aircraft was low enough that I actually saw a person at the side cargo door, arms and legs spread out, braced . . . another human being, a stranger, in our world," writes Joel Michalski, a NOAA Corps officer stationed at the pole.

The former head of the U.S. Navy Supply Corp., Murrey Levering Royar, retired vice admiral, has died in Arlington, Va., after a brief illness. Royar was 91. During a career that spanned almost four decades, Royar commanded the Navy's two largest supply centers, in Oakland and in Norfolk, Va., and served as supply officer on several combat ships. Later, he led the Navy's Officer Business Corp. and served as Navy paymaster general.

The Navy rejected an appeal by a former supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station, fired for his role in purchasing aircraft ashtrays at $659 apiece, The Times has learned. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. sent Cmdr. Jerry Fronabarger a tersely worded letter last week that said, "(The appeal) has been reviewed and no corrective action is required. Accordingly, your request is denied."

The Navy has rejected an appeal to overturn the firing of a former supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station for his role in purchasing aircraft ashtrays at $659 apiece, The Times has learned. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. sent Cmdr. Jerry Fronabarger a tersely worded letter last week that said, "(The appeal) has been reviewed and no corrective action is required. Accordingly, your request is denied."

Here, 170 miles off Cape Hatteras, N. C., the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Eisenhower is on a routine deployment, and Navy Reserve pilots on a refresher cruise are slamming aging F-4 fighters and A-6 bombers onto its floating 4 1/2-acre flight deck. But, down below in room 2-119-1, Cmdr. Beryl Moore is ignoring the shudders that the planes send reverberating through the ship.

A Navy investigation of Miramar Naval Air Station has exonerated the base's former commander and a rear admiral of any wrongdoing in a scandal involving exorbitantly priced aircraft ashtrays, U.S. Rep. Bill Lowery (R-San Diego) said Friday. Lowery disclosed that although the Navy's final report on the matter is still under review by Navy brass, it praises rather than implicates the former base commander, Capt. Gary E. Hakanson, and Rear Adm. Thomas J. Cassidy Jr.

The Navy, concluding its investigation of the purchase of $630 ashtrays custom-designed for radar surveillance airplanes, disclosed Tuesday that it will reinstate an admiral who had been relieved of his duties at Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego but will leave untouched the punishment of two lower-ranking officers. The resolution of the investigation left Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr. and Adm. James D.

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger "saw red" over allegations of procurement abuses but "got the wrong person" when he fired the supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station in May for his involvement in the purchases of two $659 aircraft ashtrays, according to an appeal filed by the officer Thursday. In a 45-page appeal asking President Reagan to clear his client's name, the Navy attorney for Cmdr. Jerry L.

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger "saw red" over allegations of procurement abuses but "got the wrong person" when he fired the supply officer at Miramar Naval Air Station in May for his involvement in the purchases of two $659 aircraft ashtrays, according to an appeal filed by the officer Thursday. In a 45-page appeal asking President Reagan to clear his client's name, the Navy attorney for Cmdr. Jerry L.